Shaw High School (Mississippi)

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Shaw High School
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Shaw High School (Mississippi)
601 Hwy 61 North

Shaw
,
Mississippi
38773

United States
Coordinates 33°36′38″N90°46′0″W / 33.61056°N 90.76667°W / 33.61056; -90.76667
Information
TypePublic 7-12 school
School district West Bolivar Consolidated School District (2014-)
Shaw School District (-2014)
PrincipalDaphne Young
Teaching staff19.46 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment199 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio10.23 [1]
Team nameWarriors
Website shs.wbcsdk12.org

Shaw High School, formerly McEvans Warriors K-12 School, [2] is a public 7-12 school in Shaw, Mississippi. It is a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District.

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Until 2014 it was in the Shaw School District, which served Shaw and Skene. [3]

History

The former Shaw High School building was first built in 1923. As of 2017 it had 158 students. Leland School District offers vocational training to Shaw High School students. [4]

McEvans Negro High School formerly existed. [5] In 1958 the school had almost 1,000 students. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1958, causing about $115,000 in damages. [6]

Both Shaw High and McEvans Elementary were in the Shaw School District until July 1, 2014, when that district was consolidated into West Bolivar Consolidated. [7]

At one point the condition of the Shaw High building, at 214 Dean Boulevard, [8] deteriorated to the point where the high school moved in with McEvans Elementary School. In 2020 the facility was renamed the McEvans School and became K-12. Shaw High had green and gold as its colors with a hawk mascot while McEvans Elementary had gold, maroon, and white as colors with a hawk mascot. The school board normally would have asked for more student participation but the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi dampened this. The board chose gold, maroon, and white as colors and a warrior mascot. [9]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SHAW HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Home". McEvans Warriors K-12 School. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 9, 2021. - Skene is not indicated directly on this map but it may be compared to the 2020 map: "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 9, 2021. which shows the location of Skene.
  4. ↑ "Shaw High School." West Bolivar Consolidated School District. Retrieved on July 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "3 Teeners Arrested". The Miami News . Associated Press. March 1, 1958. p. 8A. - Article date is March 1 and newspaper date is March 2, 1958. Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Little Evidence Revealed: Asks Hearing For Shaw Negro Principal In School Arson Case". The Delta Democrat-Times . Greenville, Mississippi. United Press International. March 21, 1958. p. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
  8. ↑ "Shaw High School". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. September 7, 2019. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021. Shaw High School P.O. Box 510, 214 Dean Blvd. Shaw, MS 38773
  9. ↑ "Shaw Renamed McEvans High School". Bolivar Bullet . May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ Yarbrough, Steve (March 15, 2024). "Strength and Conditioning" . Retrieved March 29, 2024.
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